man octave-depends-2.1.72 (Commandes) - calculates Octave dependencies
NAME
octave-deps - calculates Octave dependencies
SYNOPSIS
octave-deps [debhelper options]
DESCRIPTION
octave-deps is a debhelper-like program that is responsible for generating the ${octave:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files.
If you use this program, your package must build-depend on octave2.1-headers (>= 2.1.65).
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>
Most ideas borrowed from dh_python by Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, who apparently took ideas from Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>.